Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-18
Daily HERALD.
GONE FROM EARTH.
rns meath sf carlisle Terry. Jr
- aiahu N hua. ca.


xAs psash 81 Carlisle Terry. Jr',
as CelunAbus, Ga.
Yesterday 3 mail brought the sad news
Il ths death Of Mr.. Carlisle Terry, 40
weIl and favorably known in this city.
Mr.. Terry was for four years the officer
= charge Of the United States Magnetic
Observatory in Los Angeles, and during
that time endeared himself to everybody
nth whom he was brought in contact,
kindly. genial and generous to a fault
He was beloved by all who knew him.
Few men had higher sense OF or more
strictly obeyed the calls of duty. Hs
health, impaired by too close attention
DO the re quirements Of his position
failed some months ago and he should
have then resigned and gone to his
home. where he would have had loving.
care and enjoyed a much needed rest;
hat knowing that his duties were OF
delicAte nature, which required some ex.
usrience to master, and knowing tnat II
: day lapsed the work of years. would be
nndone, he remained at his post until
ths Government sent an officer to take
His place and then stayed when ne was
scarcely able to hold his head up,
until the new officer was thoroughly
oonversant with the work OF his once.
He started for his home in Columbus,
Ga. ON the lst of February and arrived
there safely, and from letters received
b. his friends in this city it was hoped
and believed that his health was much
improved and that there were many long
ysars of pleasant life before him.
The letter received from his father yes.
terday, however, destroys all these
hopes. Mr.. Terry was one of those rare
characters of whom everybody spoke
we'll and whom everybody loved. The
newsboys and boo.blacks in the street
looked for his kindly smile as they
would look for ray of the sun. Those
subordinate to him knew that in him
they had = friend, and the night was
never too dark nor the road too rough
for one of them to 60 on the way to help
Mr.. Terry. His superiors sought his
advice, and all that he said in connection
With the intricacies of his very intricate
ofice-the magnetic department OF the
Coast and Geodetio Survey-carried
weight. and he was ranked as one OF the
most efficient, faithful and corr. ct men
In the service.
Thus passes away from earth one OF
the purest and hest men the writer has
ever known, and more than one eye Will
become suffused with tears when the
notice of dear Terry's death is read.
It will be O consolation to his many
friends in this city to know that he
passed away calmly and peacefully, and
the letter from his father to one of Mr..
Tcrry's intimate friends iu Los Angeles
i appended:
my son, who was much attached to
and often spoke of you. left US last
night At IL O'clock. He was perfectly
aware Of his condition from hls arrival
home, and often spoke Of it. His only
rvgrets were on our account. HIS
death was peaceful and three hours be-
fore he died he called US all and spoke
20 calmly; said he had no fear; knew he
was perfectly safe, a. d had long been
reconciled, and only grieved on our ac-
count. He said, It will not be long
par ing, father; you are 62. He loved
You 10 well and spoke of you at the
last. His bronchitis was not the imme.
date cause of death, though remote.
He had improved wonderfully in that
respect and could have lived y. ars but
for the nervous exhaustion CAUSED by
his devotion to his duty and strain on
his nervous system, from sense OF duty,
which he told me made him s and to his
post until his successor could qualify
Had he given up even six months since,
he might have lived many years, and
though he knew his chances, be told me
that he felt like q soldier on duty, and
intended to die at his post if necessary.
Please thank the friends who were so
kind to him, and believe his mother,
Aister and myself, very truly and great
fully. yours, CARLISLE TERRY"